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David Koepp, one of Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriters, has set up his next helming project at Sony.
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Greg Kinnear, left, and Ricky Gervais star in "Ghost Town," a family friendly film featuring ghosts and a man who can see them.
Golden Globes tap Ricky Gervais to host
Ricky Gervais, shown at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., in January, has been chosen to host the upcoming edition of the show.
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October 24, 2009 At first I thought this was that Ricky Gervais movie. But this Ghost Town , is really about a bus full of high school students "who find out how the west was really won." Saloon prostitutes must have played a big role.
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This is a violent vengeance flick, and you'd better be OK with that before you go.
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"The Boys Are Back" ** Clive Owen plays a star Australian sports columnist whose well-heeled life is upended when his beloved wife becomes sick and dies.
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Movies are rated on 0 to 10 scale. 7 - Where the Wild Things Are "Where the Wild Things Are," the book, is just 339 words long.
Let's clear up any uncertainty: Despite what you may have heard or read, 'Paranormal Activity' isn't a true tale.
The Invention of Lying Skewers Religion Unnoticed
What if I told you about a major motion picture that said God is a myth? That its main character, living in a world in which people are incapable of lying, soothes his dying mother by saying she's about to leave this life for a better place, where she'll have a mansion and see all of her friends and be happier than she's ever been? Mum isn't the ...
Fact: The Invention of Lying is a box office hit
The Invention of Lying outstrips its projected performance on this side of the pond, while Disney's Toy Story reissue suggests a little extra depth might work for classic blockbusters Box-office winner a Ricky Gervais in The Invention of Lying.
'Zombieland' No. 1 at box office: $25M
Thanks in part to a killer trailer and strong word-of-mouth, Zombieland was alive and kicking at the box office, scaring up $25 million for the top spot, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office.
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For being such allegedly savvy operators, the people in charge of Hollywood sure do some dumb things.
Honestly, Gervais doesn't fancy himself a leading man
Ricky Gervais has a reputation for speaking his mind, but he's more than capable of telling it like it isn't. "I lie all the time to protect people's feelings," he explains.
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Pants on Fire! The Inspired Invention of Lying
Ricky Gervais must know he's cute. Cute like the grinning kid in the back row of a sixth-grade classroom, smiling at the teacher as he mutters a rude observation about how she looks from behind.
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The Invention of Lying reviews are all truthful in wanting more from Ricky Gervais.
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Imagine an alternate reality where the concept of lying doesn't exist. That's where Mark Bellison works as a screenwriter - meaning he takes historical facts and writes them down for people to recite on film - without much success professionally or personally.
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It may have taken him 'til the age of 40 to secure his fame with groundbreaking sitcom The Office , but Ricky Gervais has certainly made up for lost time in the past decade.
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